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Day May 21, 2014

I recently stumbled upon a snippet of an old radio show I used to do. The show was called the TnT Morning Show. We chose that show title because in its first iteration, I was joined by the amazing Tommy Collins (currently co-hosting the TnA Show on Wave 104in Myrtle Beach.) See, it made sense: [T]ommy and [T]urner. TnT. When Tommy said “FUCK THIS SNOW!!” and returned to the Carolinas, the show continued with me and Parker [T]homas. Here’s the insider tip that you might’ve been able to figure out regarding Parker: his last name isn’t really Thomas. We made that shit up to make it fit the TnT thing. In fact, when I asked him if he minded adding a surname to his moniker, he shrugged and said “Yeah, sure!” and I handed him a LaBatt Blue and the rest is history, including the part where the little bastard up and left for Los Angeles. Now you can hear Parker afternoons at 94. 1 WVIC. When Parker took off, the third iteration of the show began with Barry [T]hickk (hey, at least he was already using that name!) until we got bumped by the syndicated Bob & Tom show in a cluster shake-up.

Anyway, here’s the break in question. The “Safety Pop” in question is none other than Mr. Nathan Fast, a kid who will eclipse Ryan Seacrest in terms of visibility in the next five years. (Fact. Mark my words.) The kid is HUGE and began his radio career as a lowly intern at 98.9 The Bear. The Natalie you’ll hear was also an intern, and now runs Bark Like a Cat Mediawith her husband. Not bad, kids. Anyway, here it is. Click the title to play…

How old is that thing?! I mean, we mention MySpace for God’s sake! Wow. I brought this up to the attention of the parties involved, and Parker sent back this YouTube video that some listener put together. A listener. Someone that heard (and somehow recorded) a bit of our show and then put together a tribute video of sorts with pictures from our old MySpace and Facebook pages. Never before have I been so flattered and totally creeped out at the same time. The great thing about it is that it features one of my favorite characters, Fat Wal-Mart Lady. Yes, she’s still out there, active on Twitter and Facebook and sometimes slumming at the Dollar Tree. Brace yourselves…

So there’s a little walk down memory lane for ya. Note to self: I absolutely MUST dig up some old Tommy and Barry clips. I’m sure they’re laying around somewhere. In the meantime, we’ll always have MySpace…